Ode to my love

Soul

Artemis POV

It was Saturday and guess where I was...

That's right, the archery competition. No, I wasn't here to compete myself, but rather my brother dragged me here because he hates me with all his life and therefore loves to torture me.

"I might lose this one just to make you mad. Here I am, been given the opportunity to shine, while you are there thinking about your man" my brother teased me

"Who?" I replied completely forgetting the whole fake relationship thing.

"Your boyfriend, the retard Percy Jackson who nobody knows how he got into the school so late and with such a reputation."

"He's not a retard, he's just not the smartest tool in the shed. Plus, I really enjoy being with him,"

You see, this last four days in school have been pretty average overall. Sure, I had to walk hand in hand with Percy and share a couple of kisses with him, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I tutored him after school at the late night library, and even though only four days have passed, I'm confident I've seen progress.

Besides, he was a pretty funny person. Spending time with him didn't even bother me, it just quickly became part of my routine. The weird part in all of it tho was when we were in public, as I'm not a person who is used to showing that much 'affection' to another person.

I walked next to my brother towards the registration when I heard someone yell my name from behind me.

"Artemis! Arty! Arty! Come over here!"

It was Percy, waiving me over with an excited look in his face.

"I gotta go see what he wants. Don't go around to wander by yourself" I told Apollo, not wanting him to get lost like last time

"Yeah yeah whatever, you're not my mom"

"But I am your older sister"

"No you aren't"

"I'm not even going to argue with you. Just stay put"

I walked towards Percy, where I could see him with a grin that really made me uncomfortable.

"Hi Arty!" Percy greeted me happily

"Hey. Why are you here?" I asked him. He never told me he was coming here, in fact, I remember him telling me he was the worst shot in history.

"Guess who's participating in the competition" my face went pale as Wednesday in the Addams Family. I could not believe he did that.

"You are going to kill someone,"

"No, I meant you are going to participate"

"What? Didn't I tell you I was banned by my parents?"

"Yes, but here's what I did. I paid  the person in charge and she said you would be able to perform anonymously. So when it's your turn to shoot you can do it in your own private range, inside this place of course) and then evidence the score. You would need to be in the men's division though, I couldn't bargain that. Oh, and I bought you a bow, I don't know if it's good enough but I hope is something" I hugged him tighter than I knew possible

"Trust me it's enough. Thank you so much. You didn't have to go through all that"

"It really was no problem. Now stretch, the competition starts in 20 minutes," he kissed me and then told me in the ear "sorry, lots of people around here" I nodded my head and ran to a little field close to the main table.

As I stretched my back, I saw a little blonde figure running towards me at great speeds. Then after five second I could recognize the figure as Hermes.